http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/ WAMU 88.5's New Music Site Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/#comment-1017 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 02:16:42 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=26531#comment-1017 […] I just finished reading an interesting article regarding how big record store day has gotten over the years, posted to twitter by npr.  (you can read it here: http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/) […]

]]> http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/#comment-498 Sat, 18 Apr 2015 07:36:52 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=26531#comment-498 […] the annual event, there have been a million articles writing about why it totally sucks here, here, here, here, here, ETC. As I’ve shared in the past, I have been heading out to RSD every year since […]

]]> http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/#comment-380 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:45:22 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=26531#comment-380 […] argue it forces stores to feel like they must participate, even if they end up not making much money in the long run; others maintain that people only show […]

]]> http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/#comment-86 Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:52:52 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=26531#comment-86 […] procedure with little profit margin. “The bands are doing it to help the stores,” Kurtz told bandwidth.org. “Most [Record Store Day titles] are sold for less than they cost to make, and [shop owners] just […]

]]> http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/#comment-76 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 03:03:55 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=26531#comment-76 […] was Record Store Day 2014 in all its glory. And despite the protestations of some that the music-lover's holiday had become bad business for the very entities it was meant to […]

]]> http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/#comment-75 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:44:06 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=26531#comment-75 […] Record Store Day! There are plenty of business-related grievances to be filed against the annual vinyl celebration, but it’s […]

]]> http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/#comment-74 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 04:40:48 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=26531#comment-74 […] Record Store Day! There are plenty of business-related grievances to be filed against the annual vinyl celebration, but it’s […]

]]> http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/#comment-58 Sun, 06 Apr 2014 01:04:17 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=26531#comment-58 […] Can Small Record Shops Keep Up With Record Store Day? […]

]]> http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/#comment-45 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:46:48 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=26531#comment-45 […] Read this piece wondering: “Can Small Record Shops Keep Up With Record Store Day?” […]

]]> http://bandwidth.wamu.org/can-small-record-shops-keep-up-with-record-store-day/#comment-36 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:33:00 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=26531#comment-36 As a company that restarted in 2011with a 4 Volume Boxset released for RDS it’s been interesting to watch not only the Mom & Pop stores get back into the minds of consumers on this day(s) and it’s been the driver for the sale of Vinyl which is now estimated to be 3-4 % of total music sales; However, the bells and whistler being thrown in and the demand for pressing plant time is also part of the increased cost of doing business. I would also like to point out that that while this demand is surging we don’t have new plants and the ones in operation cannot get funds to expand operations so this is really a very complex problem and not with an easy solution.

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